Rewriting the bible

[abaris]

I read somewhere that Jesus had a brother (in fact other siblings too) and Jesus' story and his brothers got mixed up, and they got kind of combined into one character, which is where the Jesus Christ comes from. It explains why sometimes he's talking about killing with swords, and other times drivelling on about peace. Really can't remember where I heard that, but it sure was interesting.

The brother part probably comes from the Josephus diatribe, which was written at least 70 years after Jesus' birth. If he ever was born and if that Josephus quote isn't a forgery like the other part where he mentions Jesus.

I came up with my own theory before hearing this, about Jesus having a twin brother, who showed up after the execution, hence "resurrected". This was before I came to the realization that the whole thing is made up, not just that part.

Or they simply took that tale from other resurrected gods like Osiris, Horus, Dyonisos and many many other gods that have been dead and came back to life. It was a common myth at the time and the region.